Brief Life History of Edmond Franklin
When Edmond Franklin Durfee was born on 5 October 1861, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Jabez Durfee, was 33 and his mother, Celestia Curtis, was 29. He married Nancy Ellen Martin on 10 December 1885, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 12 December 1942, in Randlett, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Avalon Cemetery, Randlett, Uintah, Utah, United States.
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- Edmond Franklin Durfee, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- 1861 Utah Family Data Collection Birth of Edmond Franklin Durfee son of Jabez Durfee & Celestia Curtis
- 1919 Utah Marriage of Edmond Franklin Durfee Sr & Margaret Howard Miller Iverson, "Utah, County Marriages"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875
Historical Boundaries 1875: Sevier, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sevier, Utah, United States
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Altered form of French Durfé: habitational name, with fused preposition d(e) ‘from’, for someone from Urfé in Loire. The surname Durfé is virtually non-existing in France.
History: The name was brought to England by Huguenot refugees in the 16th century. Thomas Durfee, the ancestor of the Durfee family in America, was born in 1643 and came to Providence, RI, in 1660.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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CELESTIA CURTIS DURFEE
Born 21 April 1832 at Ruthland, Tiago County, Pennsylvania. A daughter of Enos and Ruth Franklin Curtis. This was two years after the Church was organized. Her father was away on a mission at t …
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